Three Going on Ten

Three years ago today Michael and I “finally” got married! It’s weird to celebrate it in a way because it almost seems insignificant compared to the time we have actually been together. I met Michael in the 7th grade and we have always been attached in some way!

It's blurry but you get the idea!- 7th Grade

We have been through some crazy things, crazy styles, events, and ups and downs. Most of the time its life and we do what we can to make it the best for us! Not always pretty but always real!

I had the following quote read on my wedding day by my brother, who married us and I think it basically sums us up – here it is.

“What is REAL?” asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. “Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?”

“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but Really loves you, then you become Real.”

“Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit.

“Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.”

“Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,” he asked, “or bit by bit?”

“It doesn’t happen all at once,” said the Skin Horse. “You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get all loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.”